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Health care prescription? Regroup, cooperate, Catholic health leaders say
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 20, 2017
Catholic health care leaders expressed relief after the bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act failed to garner support in the U.S. Senate. Opponents of the bill criticized the fact that the new health care program would leave many uninsured, did not consider immigrants and lacked sufficient conscience protections.
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House members approve measure to repeal D.C. assisted suicide law
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 17, 2017
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said an assisted-suicide law in D.C. was “seriously flawed” and “poses the greatest risks of abuse and coercion to those who are poor, elderly, disabled, members of a minority group, or without access to good medical care.”
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Joy, a sign of God’s presence, is what church needs, Cardinal Dolan says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 2, 2017
At the ‘Convocation of Catholic Leaders’ held in Orlando, Florida, there was a lot of joking around and good feeling at the opening mass. Orlando Bishop John G. Noonan joked that Cardinal Timothy Dolan called him five years ago and said he’d like to come to Orlando in July. “He just didn’t say how many he invited!”
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Communicators must recognize value, importance of words, author says
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- June 26, 2017
The danger is “when we protect ourselves and only watch what we like,” Michael Higgins, a Canadian author and professor, said at a Catholic media conference, which leads people to “form caricatures of other voices” equating them to strangers, foreigners and eventually enemies.
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Indiana convocation delegate takes evangelization cues from Pope Francis
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 12, 2017
Unpacking more of what the pope is saying in Evangelii Gaudium or “Joy of the Gospel” and gaining a deeper understanding of how Catholics can effectively evangelize in the modern word is something Cindy Black hopes to gain during the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” in Orlando, Florida, July 1-4.
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Annual audit of church abuse allegations shows work still needed
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 10, 2017
The newly released report on compliance with the U.S. Bishops’ guidelines on child protection — based on audits conducted between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016 — shows that 1,232 survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy came forward with 1,318 clerical abuse allegations in 132 Catholic dioceses and eparchies. Deacon Bernie Nojadera, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection, said the audits show that even with all of the work being done to fulfill the requirements of the bishops’ charter, developed in 2002, allegations involving current minors have still occurred.
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